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'New Moon' takes opening day record
Makes $72.7 million, beating 'Dark Knight' Summit Entertainment's “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” tore up the box office record for best opening day, grabbing the title away from Warner Bros. “The Dark Knight,” and earning a spectacular $72.7 million yesterday at 4,024 theaters. An exceptional ...
Box Office: "NEW MOON," NEW RECORDS
ercboxoffice.com — $71 MILLION OPENING DAY! $26 MILLION MIDNIGHT SHOWINGS! Twi-hards now have two box office records to call... their own: Best Midnight Opening and Best Single Day Opening. The highly anticipated sequel to "Twilight" sucked $26.3 million from movie-goes ... Box Office: "NEW MOON," NEW RECORDS
The Twilight: New Moon Premiere: Celebrity Red Carpet!
videogum.com — Twilight: New Moon Premiere: Celebrity Red Carpet! At yesterday's premiere of Twilight: New Moon , there were... plenty of full-grown adults who made signs expressing their love of the series and their refusal of psychotropic medication. But there were ... The Twilight: New Moon Premiere: Celebrity Red Carpet!
Box Office: 'New Moon' Earns Record $72.7 Million
Box Office: 'New Moon' Earns Record $72.7 Million
getthebigpicture.net — We said that New Moon would hit $100 million this weekend. Scratch that. After breaking the midnight... box office record and the one-day record set last year by The Dark Knight , it's time to amend that figure a little bit. Yes, the old opening day champeen was $67 million, and while that's an ... Box Office: 'New Moon' Earns Record $72.7 Million
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New Moon Has Best Opening Day Of All Time
Cinema Blend News — ... that New Moon was looking to have broken the box office record for midnight screenings, and now it's gone above and beyond even that. Variety is reporting that New Moon shattered the opening day box office record yesterday, bringing in $72.7 million, including the $26.3 million from midnight screenings. Compare that to the $36 million that Twilight made on its opening day, and recognize that this whole Twilight thing is definitely not going away. Projections at ...

Hurt Scratch...Right?
Hollywood Elsewhere — Hurt Scratch...Right? Now that Summit Entertainment is looking at weekend New Moon earnings of $145 million or so (based on yesterday's record-breaking $72.7 million haul at 4,024 theaters), maybe they can afford now to make extra DVD screeners of The Hurt Locker and send them out to every Tom, Dick and Harry? You know...blanket the town like Lionsgate did with those Crash screeners in late '05 and early '06? Money's not a problem so there are no more excuses. Okay? Get 'em out there now.

Take That Batman, Part Deux!
Eyes of Amber — Don't get me wrong, I LOVED The Dark Knight. But seeing stories like this just make me smile: From Variety. Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” tore up the box office record for best opening day, grabbing the title away from Warner Bros. “The Dark Knight,” and earning a spectacular $72.7 million yesterday at 4,024 theaters. An exceptional feat for a film playing outside the summer frame. There were an array of ...

New Moon Breaks Openning Day Record
Twilight Lexicon — According to Variety.com New Moon has beaten The Dark Knight’s openning day record.  After having the best midnight showing ever New Moon has now made $72.7 million in 24 hours. Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon tore up the box office record for best opening day, grabbing the title away from Warner Bros. The Dark Knight, and earning a spectacular $72.7 million yesterday at 4,024 theaters. An exceptional feat for a film playing outside the summer frame.  Dark Knight had minted $67.2 million from 4,366 runs on July 18, 2008 before making a ...

NEW MOON Achieves Best Opening Day EVER!
GeekTyrant — This is insane I tell you! Yesterday we reported that The Twilight Saga: New Moon broke the record the record for midnight box office sales which was previously held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Today I am shocked to report that it has achieved the best movie opening day of all time with an incredible $72.7 million bucks domestically! This takes out the previous record holder, The Dark Knight, which took in $67.2 million its first day of release, and went on to make $158.4 million in opening weekend. It will be interesting to see how much New Moon makes ...

New Moon Makes $72.7 MILLION in 24 hours!!
Twilight Saga Review — According to Variety.com New Moon has beaten The Dark Knight’s openning day record.  After having the best midnight showing ever New Moon has now made $72.7 million in 24 hours. Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon tore up the box office record for best opening day, grabbing the title away from Warner Bros. The Dark Knight, and earning a spectacular $72.7 million yesterday at 4,024 theaters. An exceptional feat for a film playing outside the summer frame.  Dark Knight had minted $67.2 million from 4,366 runs on July 18, 2008 before making a three-day opening weekend of $158.4 million. You can read the rest of the article HERE

NEW MOON NEWS – New Moon Tears,Breaks, Shreds, Smashes,Shatters = Decimates Opening Weekend US Box Office Records!!!
Twilight Singapore - a coven for all Singaporean Twilighters! — YEP! You’ve heard of it and you’ve read about it and now we’re bring you MORE of it!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!! From MTV News 1. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” ($72.7 million) 2. “The Blind Side” ($10.9 million) 3. “2012″ ...

Twilight "New Moon" Best Opening Day in Film History!
BricksAndStonesGossip.com — The Twilight sequel "New Moon" had the best opening day in film history! The film took in $72.7 million its first 24 hours in theaters. The highly anticipated vampire flick, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, took the title from "The Dark Knight" – which earned $67.2 million its opening day. Source ...

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